Facebook alleges that defendants cost it $5,000 to defend against 200,000 attacks on its user information

Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites on the Internet. It and rival MySpace account for a good portion of the social networking user base online. Many users of Facebook and MySpace are well aware of the levels of spam that can come through their user accounts.

According to Information Week, Facebook alleges that between June 1, 2007 and June 15, 2007 the defendants tried to access information on users of Facebook using an automated script over 200,000 times.

Facebook claims that the information harvesting attacks cost it more than $5,000 USD. Filings for the suit show that email addresses, user names, passwords, and network affiliations were a part of the stolen information.

A Facebook spokesperson told Information Week via email, “We do not have any details to share at this time, and we do not comment on pending litigation.”